Create DWORD in Registry with FFFFFFFF?

[markdmac]

Anybody out here know how to build a registry key as a DWORD and populate it with FFFFFFFF?

VB Integers are only 16 bit and I need to use 32 bit.

I can create the key and fill it with a 0 or a 1 and it stays a DWORD, but if I try to fill it with FFFFFFFF it converts it to a string and makes the key a REG_SZ.

I've already got code that will dynamically create then import a reg file, so my need has been fulfilled, I'm just interested from a technical perspective on how to build the key and fill it with code. Thanks.

 

[PHV]

Try this:

Sh.RegWrite strValueName, -1, "REG_DWORD"

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[markdmac]

Thanks PH, but read the last part of my problem. I can create the key just fine. I can populate it even with a value, but nothing above the 16 bit mark. The key is to poulate it with FFFFFFFF. If you know of a way please let me know. Your example above will not do that, this is exactly what I was trying to get to work but WSH has a limit apparently built into it.

 

[PHV]

This is the whole script I tested successfully on my Win98 and WinXP boxes:
Set Sh=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
Sh.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\", 1, "REG_BINARY"
Sh.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\ACME\FortuneTeller\MindReader", -1, "REG_DWORD"
WScript.Quit
Then, in regedit, the value was 0xffffffff.

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[tsuji]

Hello markdmac,

Look at the difference on the rendering of the two test valuenames.

dim wsh
set wsh=createobject("wscript.shell")
dwValue=&HFFFFFFFF
sName="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\enduser_testing\testentry"
sName2="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\enduser_testing\testentry2"
sName3="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\enduser_testing\testentry3"

wsh.regwrite sName,dwValue,"REG_DWORD"
wsh.regwrite sName2,dwValue,"REG_BINARY"
wsh.regwrite sName3,clng(dwValue),"REG_BINARY"

set wsh=nothing

The rendering through sName3 is the one you're looking for.

regards - tsuji

 

[markdmac]

Excellent, thanks guys!